This particular card likes you so much that she just wanted to get back to you so that you could caress it back to health again 😂

@rustynail8622

7 ай бұрын

Sneaky son of a diddly.

@xzwarrior347

6 ай бұрын

This comment had me rolling 🤣

Every repair shop should have this kind of dedication

@MiriadCalibrumAstar

7 ай бұрын

doubt about it, most business nowadays only care about profits, margins, etc.

@c_20_dhanarajrk.54

7 ай бұрын

yea true@@MiriadCalibrumAstar

@mart43

7 ай бұрын

@@MiriadCalibrumAstar Makes sense to be honest... Everything has become so expensive.

@cybercat1531

6 ай бұрын

It's honestly not viable, because employee hourly pay add up fast vs what your card is worth sometimes. And believe me someone with these sort of skills isn't cheap hourly/monthly. - A small repair shop business owner (formerly a big repair shop)

@Patrik6920

6 ай бұрын

hairline fractures r a b*tch... he was lycky thay wherre in the outer layer...

Way to keep those pads in line! Let this be a warning to all GPUs who enter your domain. Better comply sooner than later. Excellent work once again. Russ

Yeah that other guy would have called it a no fix and still charged you. You are awesome sir!!!

@stewiegriffin6503

7 ай бұрын

that other guy is connector and power MOSFET expert, and not a GPU expert. of course he will deem it no fix, invoice customer and invite you to watch next video.

@jsnldn

7 ай бұрын

time is money.

@tafadzwamusekiwa659

6 ай бұрын

That other guy is overwhelmed he has a lot of work and cannot spend hours working on a device just to be called a master, for him time is money and that's the sad truth

@DrakeDealer

2 ай бұрын

@@jsnldnI prefer reputable people with a history of success. I’d pay any price this guy wants for his GPU specialization. Literal diamond in the rough.

Dude you're a fucking legend. Every time I watch one of your repair videos I'm just amazed by the quality of work you do and how far you go to fix an issue.

10:30 thanks for that tip. Now I will know that, if I have any ripped pad, then it's better to check all of them, one by one, for any broken traces, but with much more closer zoom.

You are becoming a true legend in the community man. Nice to have someone like you around.

I have a hard enough time getting an rj45 connector on a cable that I can't imagine ever successfully fixing those tiny pads. You do impressive work!

Great fix! While some repair shops would just decline to fix it, you went through an effort and actually solved it! If you need some special consistency of flux, you can manually mix resin powder, IPA and glycerine, but I do not know how it would perform with such precise application. For oxidized surfaces you also need an activator/acid, maybe it would be best to buy high quality liquid flux and manually adding glycerine to desired viscosity.

@stewiegriffin6503

7 ай бұрын

it's not practical

4K subs away from 100K Tony, you've made it buddy.

@northwestrepair

7 ай бұрын

its just numbers. The real subscriber count is maybe 10-15K at best. Everyone else is like a ghost. Otherwise i would be getting 50-70k views on all videos but i dont

@teddp

7 ай бұрын

@@northwestrepair I don't believe that you have so many ghosts in the channel Tony. But one strange thing that did happen with your channel is that I got unsubscribed about 6 months ago and I was wondering what's going on with Tony, has he stopped updating his channel, and then I found out that I couldn't find your channel in my subscriptions at all. I honestly don't know what happened maybe it's a bug in KZread, who knows.....

When seeing this light reflections from the liquid under the microscope I would recommend to use some glasses with the polaroid effect Filter. Those glasses are used by the dive guards to better find the people in the water in sunny conditions. I have one, and it's amazing. You'll get them for 50 bucks. Maybe that helps you seeing the contacts better under the microscope and cut out the blending reflections...

@eugyscan

7 ай бұрын

I think you meant to write "polarized"?

@nurb2kea

7 ай бұрын

Not sure. It's basically super tiny lines on the glass. Over here it's called polaroid effect. I googled it: What is a polaroid? Polarizing lenses from ZEISS Precision sun protection lenses with polarizing filters @@eugyscan

Goodness. Secret ripped pads now? It's like you needed to know the speakeasy password to their exclusive failure club.

WOW u really are spectacular at what u do. I could watch u repair cards all day and I work in cars lol

You may want to experiment with cutting a piece of wick and using tweezers, along with hot air, when trying to salvage a badly weakened array of pads like this one. With a little bit of heat from your pre heater and hot air, it could save you some headaches. IMO

Damn you must love board repair. I would have given up after the first reball

When good said let there be light you didn't mention that you're the god! God tier repair 👍

Tony stands by his work. That sneaky son of a diddly 6900xt 🤦🏻‍♂️. Another job well done.

I have this card. It sucks. Had to replace my fans because they made weird grinding noises. After my warranty replacement and a few months later the problem came back. And the coil whine is awful.

@zf8496

6 ай бұрын

MSI & Gigabyte lately are to be avoided! they're quality went even lower ...

How do those pads get damaged?

@northwestrepair

7 ай бұрын

dropped the card. Bent due to weight etc.

You're awesome, super warranty fix

Good job doctor as always. I think you love AMD even more after this repair

Incredible repair that one! The determination and patience required to carry out that level of fix is rare!

it's a pleasure to watch quality work. Thank you.

Your skill level is second to none!

As a member of the 'internet', I reciprocate by saying Hello Tony.

AMD cards are great, if you get one from an exclusive AMD maker. Companies that make both Nvidia and AMD, like Asus and msi, seem to fall short on the AMD side, in quality and performance.

@AladimBR

7 ай бұрын

Yes, I don’t recall him fixing a Sapphire card

@ka1ru

7 ай бұрын

I bought a used xfx 6600xt and no problems ever

Tell your customer to not wigle the card when installing/removing it. Thanks for the video.

9:43 caught me off guard 😂

The Guru Of Patience

What are people doing to these GPU's. I must be the only one on this planet which has had no issues with any GPU's that ive used since 2007 and to this this day.

@AladimBR

7 ай бұрын

Yes just keep it cooler than 75C, don’t overclock it and don’t bump the case. My Voodoo2 from 1998 still works

I've done a good bit of component level soldering. Then there's this. Good god man.

This level of troubleshooting is way beyond most people’s skill. Repairing telecom boards, typically near the price of some of these “old cards” just for repair. See company CTDI for example. “Repaired pads” seem to correct a board defect rather than a component defect. Mind you, this work is fine for Graphics cards, for a telecom part where 911 may be involved… I’d want insurance for that kind of liability. I would not expect much from a Warranty on a defective board, like new pads, or cracked PCB, other than being limited to “best effort.” Perhaps at most a discount on rework. It’s inevitable there will be unhappy customer(s) at some point. 80-20 rule.

There is no way on earth this card wasn’t dropped or abused somehow with this many ripped pads on the core.

Great job on the fix.

Awesome ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻 Feels good after watching 🤩🤩🤩

I think instead of fixing any computer part we should all bring it and put it right infront of the company (it was made in)'s front door. that way the bigger the pile the more it will create discomfort and bad advertisement for the company and it will literally force everyone to be better at their jobs.. not just the ceos but the regular workers who have to find a way to enter the building through the pile lol and the companies with the smallest pile infront of their building will be the best in the world you may say that I'm a dreamer.. but i'm not the only one

@northwestrepair Noticed werid audio in the last video, maybe related but the camrea would cut out when you flicked a switch on your multimeter it seemed like. Check an outlet for a bad ground? or a bad UPS/surge maybe?

U are amazing Sir

thanks

this card should have been kept as a donor board. those pads will not last long. but good repair as usual.

Right hard work 💯

Quite the pain in the butt with those pads, at least I know who to send my 4090 to when it catches fire or succumbs to its own gravitational pull

@RohanSanjith

6 ай бұрын

Do you have a 4090

@user-vsmsdos

6 ай бұрын

@@RohanSanjith Yes I got one for MSRP luckily enough when they first came out

Thank you for your contribution

customer should be extremely careful taking this card apart for thermal paste "after your warranty ends" or just moving it around. any minimum tension on the pads then whoops, no image again.

JEsus! So much work! Would ask the price of the GPU minimun to fix this lol

Can you do a video where you point out what SMD parts you test are like with labels or info bubbles and how to find the rails, what to look for first and so on. a BASIC beginners guide to how you start your testing. I have repaired GPUS and know the basics of where to start but I always have to find a video on said card and follow along and find issues. I LOVE YOUR VIDS... I have learned so much but need some tips and training from the MASTER. :D hehehe

👍🏻 your a beast pappy keep on teaching what kinda flux do you normally use for this kinda stuff im trying to be a half as good as that guy on youtube kinda guy

i bought a brand new MSI R9 380 "crashing Edition" it never worked right from day 1, id run GTA 5 it would go through the loading screen id get into single player load up online try to set up a heist id be playing the heist for 5 minutes then crash to desktop with an error AMD display driver has stopped responding and has recovered, this was a regular thing, it annoyed me for 3 months straight! i gave it the benefit of the doubt i thought drivers would be updated and fixed but they never were, Amazon who i bought it from were really cool they accepted an instant full refund while i was still using the card they gave me 30 more days to send in back and told me to buy a new gpu so i got a Asus strix GTX 960 which worked perfectly, not sure what was wrong MSI or AMD, Nvidia drivers seem more reliable i doubt ill ever know what was wrong with the 380, the 380 had one more issue, while looking at the desktop idle there was a black box apeeared center screen for like a millisecond if you blinked you miss it it was almost like it was trying to open CMD prompt without any writting on.

What is one of the reason for pads like that just coming off the surface of the PCB. Is its too much heat or just something more on the manufacturing side.

Gotta love those illegal "warranty void if removed" stickers :/

Great fixi feel most places would just say cant fix it and it would become e waste

I appreciate your use of old school millennial memes

wow thats a nice repair there great job m8

Is basically impossible hand-eye coordination when looking through a magnifying lens ..

Nice!

Youre the best

I think you need one of those magical anti-glare lights for your microscope for better visibility.

To be honest, i am starting to be afraid to buy a new gpu because how fragile they look in your repair videos.

@SianaGearz

6 ай бұрын

Eh just don't whack your board hard and it'll likely be fine. But of course the more money you put into it, the more you risk losing.

Darn pcb faults , looks like custom reinforcement for those pads specifically

Tony why don't you use liquid rosin solution as a flux? Like IPA dissolved rosin? You can literally make it with the consistency you need.

@pjhb_microsoldering_portugal

7 ай бұрын

It can be stable at higher temperatures 👍

@SkyDown15

7 ай бұрын

I guess because removing/cleaning burned rosin flux is itself the hell

@mimeanalytics4331

7 ай бұрын

​@@SkyDown15 you clearly didn't use the dissolved rosin flux. rosin burns at much higher temperature than gel flux and you need to try really hard to burn it. second if you use IPA dissolved rosin - that doesn't apply much rosin making it easier to clean (not like rosin paste or solid). and that aside rosin just smells nice not like those gels that stink to heaven.

6:15 RMATF ? Ya bro, ATF should only be used in transmissions😉

How do you know (in some cases, not necessarily here) that the problem doesn’t lie with the customer’s PC or environment? Could they have a faulty power supply, or a poor connection in their PC? Is there machine simply being suffocated by poor thermals? I’ve had instances where a computer functions perfectly fine for days in my shop, but crashes constantly in its home environment. I’d assume that since people are shipping JUST their cards to you, that you have no idea of the conditions of the customer’s PC or the environment they operate in.

Manufacturing part defects samples too

13:30 why you running b1 b2 dimm slots on your testbench?

Do you get more AMD cards of nvidea

MSI: Pain, MSI AMD GPU: Ultra Pain

Nice fix 👍🇵🇹

Hey! Do You even play games or only repair? What do you play? What's your gaming rig?

@georgesmith5201

7 ай бұрын

He plays PC Repair simulator

Great video. what is your warranty period?

God tier gpu surgeon

"Screen is flickering everytime I fart".

Hey bro, I've been following and learning from you for a while and i need help Could you talk in a video about Asus Rog Strix RX 5700 loose Heatsink/PCB contact in the end of the card and their overheating issue even with new thermal paste applied , i think the reason is the loose contact of the GPU with it's heatsink, and thank you in advance 🙏🏻 Much love from Algeria 🇩🇿

what are these pcbs made out of? like sneezing on them and start ripping off pads

Is it a rule that not all electronics people have a decent microphone?

Can these pads rip when taking off the cooler in theory without ever noticing ? just like you can pull out cpu from am4 socket when taking off the cooler for example ?

@Radek__

7 ай бұрын

it may be like that. But more logical reason is weight of the whole GPU. too heavy and too thin pcb/board (cost reduction) and you have it - too much tension and then ripped pads.

@volentimeh

7 ай бұрын

Anything that flexes the main board has the potential to tear pads or break solder balls, I'm honestly surprised it doesn't happen more frequently.

Impressiv Job 💪🏼 respect 😉👌🏻🎉

This card looked toast to me

I will be looking for a new Nvidia graphics card soon is there a brand left that you recomend? I used to always get EVGA ut they dont make cards anymore.

way to go msi! we need more trash pcb's!

Hello sir plz send video RTX 3080 complete reballing and bga setting

The card is still alive due to ventilator 😂😂😂

Pad hell. I've seen many reballs by you , so imma confidently say that msi f'ed up during the board layering process or with pads and heat exposed poor choices/methods.

where can I get the VRAM testing bootable images for both, nVidia and AMD?

you need anti gril light from north biridge

@northwestrepair

7 ай бұрын

yeah.

why the owner still insist these card to be repaired, his card already in massive conditions,

Kinda curious - what's the price tag for these repairs? It seems quite labor intensive, so I presume it's paid accordingly

How is this economically viabale?

WoW ............

Was that an ex-miner card? What causes pads to fail like that?

It happens that the memory fried the board,

haha screen flickering every time i fart!

Hi tony, do you have the memtune image for download?

THIS PCB QUALITY IS SO BAD . MY FEAR IS AFTER 2 MONTH SEE THIS JOB AGAIN .

Yeah this is a bit too far gone to be honest. Too many pads gone and gotten repaired. I will just use the card for parts at this point.

i now have this new fear that my XFX 6700 10GB might just melt if i look it wrong.

See the problem was msi

@AladimBR

7 ай бұрын

Got a 1070 from MSI running since 2017, no issues. Cool and quiet

@Northwestrepair Would it be a bad idea to use some magnet along the entire pads area in order to pick up “invisible” broken pads? I don’t know how strong the pads are attached to the PCB, but maybe a not-too-strong magnet would work and not damage good ones.

@chicken_punk_pie

7 ай бұрын

copper is not magnetic

@KaRuNaRuGa

7 ай бұрын

Pads are copper 😅

@BucifalulR

7 ай бұрын

@@chicken_punk_pie Oh, well, didn't even know what they're made of, but I probably would've messed up copper being non-magnetic anyway. Still, maybe some not-to-strong suction thingy?

Gotta love the pain in the ass ones :(

what is the best way to learn this ? buy a couple GCards and try to resurrect them ?

@fedegr0x

7 ай бұрын

also, great videos, i recently started watching ur videos you're a kind of a God haha, great vids! kudos!

Why don't you post actual time spent on a cart and cost of repair? would be interesting